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Patented Jan. l0, I899.

Nu. 6I7,629.

. A. A. BHISE. I CLOSURE FOR PREVENTING BEFILLING 0F BOTTLES OR OTHERLIQUID HOLDING REGEPTAGLES.

(Application filed. Mar. 28, 1898,)

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A. A. BHISE. CLOSURE FOR PREVEN'I'ING REFILLING O F BOTTLES OR OTHERLIIIUID HOLDING RECEPTACLES.

(Application filed Mar. 28, 1898.)

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UNITED STATES PATENT FICE.

ATMARAM ABAJI BHISE, OF BOMBAY, INDIA.

CLOSURE FOR PREVENTING REFILLlNG OF BOTTLES OR OTHER LIQUID-HOLDINGRECEPTACLES.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 617,629, dated January10, 1899.

Application filed March 28, 18 98.

To all whom, it may concern: I

Be it known that I, ATMARAM ABAJI BHISE, of Bombay, India, have inventeda new and Improved Closure for Preventing the Refilling of Bottles andother Liquid-Holding Receptacles, of which the following isa full,clear, and exact specification.

This invention relates to a class of bottles, cans, tins, boxes, orother vessels used for trade purposes as an original package to hold ina sealed condition liquid goods of various kinds-such as alcoholic,malt, and effervescent liquors or proprietary medicines, oils, scents,syrups, preserves, varnishes, paints, petroleum, &c.

The object of my invention is to provide a novel device of the indicatedcharacter which is of simple construction and cheap of manufacture andthat will prevent the pouring of any liquid into the bottle or vesselafter it has been opened and the contents partially or entirely removedtherefrom.

The invention consists in thenovel construction and combination ofparts, as is hereinafter described, and pointed out in the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a sectional side elevation of a bottle illustrating one formof the invention, parts being arranged to permit filling of thereceptacle with liquid. Fig. 2 is a view similar to Fig. 1, but showingthe interior parts adj usted difierently after the bottle has beenfilled with liquid, the bottle being shown corked to seal the contents.Fig. 1 isa transversesectional view of the neck of the bottle, takensubstantially on the line 1 1 in Fig. 1. Fig. 2 is a transversesectional view of the bottle-neck essentially on the line 2 2 in Fig. 2.Fig. 3 is a sectional side view of a modified form of the improvedclosure. Fig. 4 is a sectional side elevation of a somewhat differentform of the improvement, and Figs. 5 and 6 are sectional side views ofother modi fications of the device.

The improvement hereinafter described is preferably employed inconnection with a bottle to prevent it from being refilled; but

$erial No. 676,432. (No model-5 it is to be understood that it may alsobe applied to any liquid-holding vessel having a neck or spout throughwhich to introduce and decant the liquid contents.

The bottle-body 10 (shown in Figs. 1 and 2 to illustrate the applicationof one form of the improvement) may be of any convenient size and may beof any preferred design, it being only essential that the neck 11thereon be of sufficient internal diameter and length to permit theproper location therein of essential details ofthe improvement. easyinsertion of important parts the neck 11 may with advantage be renderedcylindrical in its bore, as represented in Figs. 1 and 2.

Within the neck 11 and at or near the point of its junction with thebody 10 a disk 12 is secured in place by any suitable means and isvertically perforated at two points for the reception of two essentialportions of the improved closure, respectively designated by thereference characters 13 18. The part 13 consists of a straight tube ofglass or other available material having its upper end formed with aperforated 0r reticulated screen a, and this end portion of the tube 13is secured in one of the orifices'in the disk 12, so that the screenwill project above the disk, it being understood that the tube isaffixed in place in the disk 12 before the disk is introduced Within theneck 11. of the tube 13 is enlarged diametrically, pro ducing a chamber14 thereon, and at the bottom of said chamber a preferably coniformvalve-seat 15 is produced, which encircles an opening I), the seatprojecting upwardly within the chamber. In the chamber 14 a valve 16 isheld to slide, and said Valve may be cylindrical in its upper portionand coniform at 1) toward the lower end-that is, flattened on the lowersurface above the coniform portion b to adapt it to seat upon and closethe upper end of the valve-seat 15, while the lower edge of thedepending coniform portion 1) encircles and seats at its lower end uponthe valve-seat 15. The cylindrical part of the valve-body The lowerportion For the 16 has vertical bores 0 formed in its periphof thinwire, is provided, which is introduced through one of the perforationsof the screen ct, there being a hook (I bent on the lower end of thewire, which is caused to have a hooked engagement with a bail e or otherprojection on the upper end of the valve-body 16. In the remainingperforation of the sealing-disk 12 the lower end of the return bent tube18 is secured, said tube having its short depending member f positionedabove the screen a of the tube 13. On the top of the return bent tube 18a fiat-topped circular baffle-plate 9 is formed or secured and which isof such relative diameter as will afford an annular crevice 9 betweenthe edge of the plate and the inner wall of the neck 11.

Assuming that the described closure is in position within the bottle 10and the neck 11 thereof and that the valve 16 is held elevated from theseat 15 by the wire strand 17, as shown in Fig. 1, it will be seen thatliquor may be poured into the bottle through the top portion of the neck11, that extends above the baffle-plate 1D, the liquid after passingthrough the crevice 9 then passing through the straight tube 13 downinto the body 10.

\Vhile the operation of filling the bottle is progressing, air will beescaping only from the bent tube 18 until the bottle is filled. IVhen itis desired to seal the bottle, the wire strand 17 is pulled upon withsufiicient force to straighten the hook-bent portion d of the wire,which will detach it from the valve 16 and permit a free removal of thesaid wire. The valve-body 16 will now gravitate toward the seat 15 andseal the aperture 17. A cork 20 is now inserted within the neck 11 abovethe baffle-plate 19, and a sealing-cap 21 of thin metal or othersuitable material may be placed upon the upper portion of the bottleneck11, so as to cover the cork, as shown in Fig. 2. hen the contents of thebottle are to be partly or entirely decanted therefrom, the cap 21 andcork 20 are first removed, which will permit a free escape of the liquidfrom the bottle, as air may enter the body 10 through the pipe 13 andchamber 14. when the bottle is tipped to decant the liquid, which willcause the valve 16 to leave the seat 15 in an obvious manner.

The position of the bottle-body 10 being necessarily upright, if it beattempted to pour therein through the open neck 11 this will be foundimpossible, as then the valve 16 being upon the seat 15 must seal thelower end of the tube 13.

If the aperture bin the chamber 14 is closed air-tight and an attempt ismade to pour liquid into the bottle-body 10 while the valve is in such aposition as to close said aperture, it will not be possible for air toescape from the bottle upon introduction of liquid within thebottle-neck 10. This is evident, as the liquid must rise in the bentportion of the tube 18, so as to fill the depending member thereof,before any of the liquid can pass down through the long leg of said tubeinto the bottle, and as the closure of the valve 16 upon the seat 15prevents escape of liquid into the bottle through the tube 13 it will bemanifest that under the conditions mentioned no liquid can possiblyenter the body of the bottle.

In Figs. 3, 4., 5, and 6 the valve-body and seat are shown somewhatchanged in formation but the function and operation of these valves areidentical with that already described.

Referring to Fig. 3, it will be seen that the tube 13 and chamber 1 1are like said parts in Figs. 1 and 2, but the valve-seat 15 is in theform of a short upright tube normally open throughout its length. Thevalve-body 16 has its upper portion similar to the valve 16, but thelower portion is elongated somewhat, so as to produce a tapered portion7L thereon, which will enter within and seat upon the top edge of thecylindrical valve-seat 15 when the valve-body is free to fall toward itsseat.

In Fig. 1 the body 16 of the valve thereinshown is cylindric and isperipherally grooved to afford air-passages; but the lower end portion2' of the valve is given a globular form, which may seat upon the marginof a circular aperture 70, formed in the lower wall of the chamber 14The modification shown in Fig. 5 provides an essentially acorn-shapedvalve-body 16, which is checked from rising too far by the apertureddisk 22, the lower end of the valve being rounded, so as to adapt it toseal the opening surrounded by the cylindric valveseat 15, above whichit is hung by the wire strand 17. I

The tube 13 shown in Fig. 6 is like the tube 13 in the figurespreviously described and has the chamber 14 thereon, which is perforatednear the center of its bottom wall to afford a valve-seat k. In thisconstruction of the device the valve-body 16 is globular and has anupward rod-like projection m thereon, formed at its upper end with aneye to receive the hook formation on the lower end of the wire strand17,- side bars at projecting from the valve-body to loosely contact withthe wall of the chamber 14, so as to guide the valve toward its seat.

It will be apparent that the several forms of the valve and seattherefor which have been described are all of equivalent formation.Hence I do not desire to limit the construction of this feature of myinvention to any particular design for the valve and its seat, it beingonly essential that a valve-controlled passage be produced in the lowerend of the tube 13 and that means be afforded to temporarily hold thevalve from its seat during the time that the bottle is being filled withliquid.

Having thus described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secureby Letters Patent- 1. The combination, with a receptacle, and a neckthereon, of a scaling-disk in the neck,

a tube pendent from the disk in the receptacle, a valve controlling anair-opening in the lower end of the said pendent tube, and a bent tubeprojecting up in the neck of the receptacle and having its pendent endabove the top of the hanging tube, substantially as described.

2. The combination, with a receptacle, and a neck thereon, of a diskhaving two perforations and located in the lower part of the neck, apendent tube fast at its upper end in one of the perforations in thedisk, a chamber on the lower end of said pendent tube, a valve slidableupwardly in the chamber and adapted to control an opening in the lowerwall of the chamber, means for temporarily holding the valve off of itsseat, and a bent tube in the other perforation in the disk, and havingits shortest member located over the upper end of the pendent tube,substantially as described.

3. The combination, with a bottle or the like having a neck, and a diskin the lower part of said neck, of a tube hung from the disk, achambered enlargement on said tube near the lower end thereof, thebottom of the chamber being perforated and having a valveseat aroundsaid perforation, a valve slidable in the chamber above the valve-seat,and a pliable strand passing down through the pend-' ent tube andadapted to temporarily hold the valve off the valve-seat, substantiallyas described.

4. The combination, with a bottle or the like having a neck, of a diskin the lower part of the neck, a tube pendent in the bottle and passingthrough the disk at the upper end of the tube, a screen on the top ofthe pendent tube, a chambered enlargement on the lower portion of saidtube, a valve-seat around a perforation in the bottom of the chamber, avalve slidable in the chamber over the valve seat, and a Wire extendingdownwardly through the pendent tube and adapted to engagethe valve tohold it temporarily from the valve-seat, substantially as described.

5. The combination, with a bottle or the like having a neck, and a diskin the lower part of said neck, of a depending tube tapping the diskwith its upper end, a valve in the lower portion of the pendent tube andadapted to seal an opening therein, and a bent tube projecting up in theneck of the bottle and having a baffle-plate thereon of a diameter topermit a crevice to intervene between said plate and the bottle-neck,substan tially asdescribed.

ATMARAM ABAJI BI-IISE,

lVitne'sses:

BABDJER OAssINATHYs, BEHRAUYO P. BHARMHBY.

